Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Kuhn and the Ashtray Argument

In case anyone out therestilldoesn't know, the New York Timesispublishinga five-partseries by film-makerErrolMorrisabouthisdays as a gradstudent at Princeton supervised by Thomas Kuhn.I mustconfess I'm having a hard time believing the ashtrayanecdoterelated in PartOne (ifonlybecause the ashtray-throwing Kuhn reminds me a bit too much of the poker-brandishingWittgenstein)but at least it makes for an entertaining reading.